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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southall 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
Table I
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative Figures for 1960 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 893 | 450 | 443 | 751 |
| Illegitimate | 80 | 43 | 37 | 66 |
| Stillbirths— Legitimate | 22 | 14 | 8 | 11 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | — |
| Deaths | 719 | 364 | 355 | 699 |
| Crude birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 18.86 | 15.58 | ||
| Corrected birth rate (live births only) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 19.18 | 15.98 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 22.11 | 13.29 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 13.63 | 13.15 | ||
| Corrected death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 12.13 | 12.10 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | ||||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 1.21 | |||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 26.72 | 17.14 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 25.76 | 17.31 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 37.5 | 15.15 | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 148 | 118 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | 1 | — | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | — | - | ||